@iowANFarmer First Year of Farming

[alphadylan]

that is what is wrong with farming today. there isn't a chance for anyone who wants to start. combines are more expensive than super cars, and you aren't even allowed to fix them yourself.

[Rlip]

These guys are my hero’s they are literally feeding America

[monsterrider]

I lost $87, 000 my first year farming.

2 years later I had my first positive year by a whopping $17, 000

Always getting new ground. Hoping to clear $500, 000 this year.

[asleknd]

I was a poor farm kid in Nebraska and I lived in a camper for a little over a year. As long as you have electricity you can get a little space heater and close the door to the bedroom. Will make it nice and warm. Some days I miss the farm life, but most days I don’t. Farming and ranching is harder work than most people have ever done.

[geese]

Much respect to the farmers of America and of the world. Y’all are literally the reason I can eat

[clintstetler]

God bless farmers. Every meal starts with them. Thank you for your service!

[epicbagelswag]

I’ll never forget old man Glenn and the story of him telling his son “you’re not a farmer, you’re an idiot!”

[jackdeth]

And now he lives in a van down by the river and eats government cheese.

[ethansack]

To me this is how I proved my way into the family farm myself. This “strange family dynamic” prove that they have the drive to take over a multi-million dollar business, not fluid millions but the capitol is too much to just hand the keys off.

[scottpearce]

I learned the hard way...Farm Aid of the 80's was prophetic moment for future family farms!

[Splifflore]

My Grandpa is mid 90’s and is still running his 100+ acre farm. Him and two other guys. Farmers just built different lmao

[GuyFromTheSouth]

I live in TN and do a trucking route everyday up through west Kentucky and back down to Tn and I go home and its nothing but farmers out there and i have so much respect for them. They're always good ppl and they raise great families.

[cropdusterpete]

This is awesome. Farmers have one of the hardest most under appreciated jobs in the world.

[tomandersen]

Yup. God bless all the farmers. Thank you for your food.

[WeHaveNoTalentSorry]

The Governor of South Dakota dropped out of college when her father got sucked into a grain auger. She dropped out and moved home and learned to run the place by listening to his old recordings on crop outcomes and growing methods.

[dvillebenny]

No Farm. No Food. You're our hero.

[coreyah]

My grandpa was born in 1938 and raised on an Iowa farm, and left as soon as he could for california. Still says the best decision he ever made. He's 86 now.

[johneubanks]

A man can make money at anything. I raise beef cattle and I don't do to bad. A farmer has to stay up on equipment maintenance and keep his land in good shape. Always keep a back up plan in place for hard times. The best advice I can give is to sell your goods yourself for cash money. Stay the hell away from banks and credit cards if possible. Pay your fair share of taxes and ALWAYS, ALWAYS take damn good care of your farmhands no matter where they're from!. I'm an white American farmer and here's a interesting note: Applicants for employment in 2022-2023..46 Latinos. 0 blacks 2 whites. . 4 females 42 males.

[CreativeBlake]

I grew up working on a tobacco farm. Alot of people don't understand the physical work it takes. Taught me a lot of discipline I notice other adults really struggle with. I feel thankful. If I lose my cushy job it's no big deal for me to pick up a physical labor job. Alot of men can't do this anymore. Just working around people my age I'm starting to realize this. Alot of men are lazy

[cindyrobertson]

God bless him and our food producers every where!